Puentes de la época medieval en las cuencas de los ríos Ter, Fluviá y Muga
- Autores: Angel López Sánchez
- Directores de la Tesis: Salvador Tarragó i Cid (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) ( España ) en 2010
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Ángel Carlos Aparicio Bengoechea (presid.), Pere Roca Fabregat (secret.), Joan Tort Donaza (voc.), Manuel Durán Fuentes (voc.), Santiago Huerta Fernández (voc.)
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- Resumen
The work’s development is made by scientific method stages: aims statement, hypothesis establishment and work method to check hypothesis. Conclusions are given at the end. It is supported by: a) Bibliographical review, summary about knowledge evolution in work bridges building and associated historical facts. b) To know about used materials. c) Referred geographical and historical frameworks definition. d) The morphological knowledge about medieval work bridges. The work presents 111 unpublished plans. Research is divided up in nine stages. The first stage starts with the previous researching on the census of work bridges in the basins of the three most important northeaster slope Peninsula Iberian rivers that were built according to tradition in medieval period. Being censed 153 bridges we have chosen a representative sample of 20 bridges: 10 for Ter River, 7 for Fluvià River and 3 for Muga River. In second stage are highlighted: a) Field works to find, photograph and measure bridges. b) Works in Record Offices and Public Libraries to find technical and historical information. In this stage are included works made in Record Offices of General Administration, History of Councils, Culture and Environmental Departments of Generalitat of Catalunya, private organizations as soon as interviews to people related to significant historical facts about the research topic. c) Works made in Universities Libraries and CICCP nets. Taking in account the whole information coming from the field works, it has been made, in the third stage, three format A3 plans for every one of 20 bridges. They are referred to measurements, parameters composition and focusing angles joining 6 bridge pictures. In fourth stage we analyse structural elements, we classify every vault according Sejourné viewpoints stated in his work “Grandes voûtes” (1913) and other aspects helped by engineering parameters. Twelve ancient empiric rules to size bridge measures are taken in account and is tried to identify their influence in bridges design. In fifth stage software ARCs is used to settle bridge stability in base the pressure lines for every arch. The result allows knowing axial thrusts and eccentricities to hold up the pressure lines in the right values. Simulations are made with the own structure weight under punctual loads of 360KN at ½ and ¼ gap. Structure safety coefficients are settled according punctual load to road wideness and loads carried by available transport means in this past period. Analytical study is made to calculate vertical and axial thrusts to determine specific load on pillar’s foundation. Results got by both ways are compared. Results are shown on two plans for every bridge. Hypothesis about possible layouts or sittings of four bridges that could have originally been built are shown in sixth stage. Photographs and plans are joined. In seventh stage every bridge description is connected with the territory and river zone characteristics. Driving slope for seven hundred length upriver and downriver for every bridge are worked out. Bridge filling percentage for several depth of water is assessed. With this information and those that are collected from river agents and the sings of levels reached in historical floods, the possible flooded ground zone is assessed. Relationship between the basin surface, average upriver rain gauged and bridge drainage surface is established. This information is related to the flooded zones before mentioned. The consequential hydraulic effects are shown in a plan. Eighth stage. Three family groups are made among the studied bridges and those which have been built in Spain and France. The main constructive characteristics and their evolution through years are analysed. Ninth stage. Relevant historical facts referred to the bridge are synthesized.
